New Report Exposes UC Berkeley’s Repression of Pro-Palestinian Speech Likely Violate Civil Rights Laws
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Civil Rights Orgs: Columbia's Pro-Palestinian Encampment was a Lawful Expression of Protest Against Israel’s Genocide
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Civil rights groups Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today announced the filing of a "friend of the court" brief in the lawsuit against the Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of $400 million in critical federal research funding for Columbia University.
The civil rights groups' amicus brief argues that pro-Palestinian encampments and other speech activity critical of Israel's ongoing genocide is protected under the First Amendment and does not violate federal civil rights laws.
Read MoreCivil Rights Groups, Emory SJP Address Federal Recognition of Hostile Environment Concerns At Emory University
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Emory Students for Justice in Palestine (ESJP), the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), and Palestine Legal today addressed the announcement and resolution by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The resolution sets out several substantive remedial measures Emory University must take after OCR identified important Title VI compliance concerns at the University for alleged harassment of students based on their Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Black identities.
Read MorePalestine Legal Stands in Solidarity with Advisory Board Member Katherine Franke in the Face of Attacks by Columbia University
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Palestine Legal issued a statement in response to law professor and Palestine Legal advisory board member Katherine Franke's announcement regarding the end of her career at Columbia Law School.
Read MorePalestine Legal Sends Letter Demanding Dept of Ed Address Anti-Palestinian Discrimination and Protect Free Speech in Advance of Incoming Trump Administration
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In advance of the incoming Trump administration, we urge the Office for Civil Rights to take immediate corrective measures to ensure that universities address anti-Palestinian discrimination and harassment and protect free speech and academic freedom.
Read MoreCivil Rights Orgs Warn Pomona College Unprecedented Suspensions of Students Are Unlawful, ‘Punishes the Act of Protest Itself’
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Five legal organizations including Palestine Legal, the Asian Law Caucus, the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the National Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles sent a letter to Pomona College today warning the school that its unprecedented suspensions of a group of students for the remaining 2024-2025 academic year without due process violated First Amendment principles and California law.
Read MoreUChicago Students File Civil Rights Complaint After Disciplinary Charges, Arrests, and UCPD Surveillance
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Palestine Legal today announced the filing of a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) demanding an immediate investigation into the nearly year-long, hostile environment of anti-Palestinian racism at the University of Chicago, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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